• Xeroderus Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the Species of Insects Belonging to the Family of Phasmidae. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 48 pp. [32].

  Type species:

   Xeroderus kirbii Gray, 1835 by monotypy.
• Cooktownia Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-61 1 pl. [43].

  Type species:

   Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, 1918 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81 [75]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

General References

Brock, P. & Hennemann, F.H. 2023. A new species of Xeroderus Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Xeroderinae) from Papua New Guinea and notes on the genus. Zootaxa 5258(4): 443-454

History of changes

• Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, G.R. 1835. Synopsis of the Species of Insects Belonging to the Family of Phasmidae. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 48 pp. [32] (incorrect spelling of species name as kirbii).

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUMNH no reg. number given ♀, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) OUMNH no reg. number given ♂, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Brock, P. & Hennemann, F.H. 2023. A new species of Xeroderus Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Xeroderinae) from Papua New Guinea and notes on the genus. Zootaxa 5258(4): 443-454 [446].

  Secondary source:

   Gray, G. R. 1837. Description of some singularly formed Orthopterous Insects. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 2(1): 141-145, figs 15-18 [144] (justified emendation of the original incorrect spelling); Brock, P., Büscher, T. & Baker, E. 2023. Phasmida Species File Online. http://phasmida.speciesfile.org (species Xeroderus kirbyi Gray, 1835; accessed 17 Feb 2023).
• Cooktownia plana Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-61 1 pl. [44].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM no reg. number given ♂ nymph (designated in order to fix the status of this species, by selecting the only specimen with data), Cooktown, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) NHRM no reg. number given 1 ♂, nymph 1 ♀ nymph, Australia
  Comment: Lectotype designation from series of three syntypes, 2 ♂ and 1 ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Brock, P. & Hennemann, F.H. 2023. A new species of Xeroderus Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Xeroderinae) from Papua New Guinea and notes on the genus. Zootaxa 5258(4): 443-454 [448].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brock, P.D. & Hasenpusch, J. 2007. Studies on the Australian stick insects (Phasmida), including a checklist of species and bibliography. Zootaxa 1570: 1-81 [75]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Male macropterous and volant, female brachypterous.

History of changes